Advice on 5bdrms in Carmel Country Highlands

[Eugene]

[quote=bearishgurl]I guess a college faculty person can afford those rates. I sure couldn’t.[/quote]

You know, I miss the good old days back when college faculty meant upper class. Had I been born 20 or 30 years earlier, I would’ve been a tenure-track professor by this age, interesting and respectable job, good money … Unfortunately, these days it’s quite uncommon to land a tenure track job in sciences before 35, and even those who do, start at a relatively meager salary for a person with a PhD, on the order of 75k/year. Mr. yellowS2K is lucky because he has a dual-income household, and his wife may be in one of the better paying specialties such as medicine. There’s absolutely no way that a starting single-income UCSD university professor (medicine & business excluded) can afford a detached anywhere near UCSD, let alone 1000/month/kid after tax on top of that in child care.

[CA renter]

[quote=UCGal][quote=sdrealtor]OK UCGal
You are spoiled. Rememeber those Philly commutes? 10 minutes to the train station. 10 minutes waiting for the train. 30 minutes on the train. 10 minutes to walk to the office. And its 20 degrees and you are walking through slush. Remember that its like to get to work with cold, wet feet? And that is an easy commute.
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Nope – I lived in Glenside (north of Chestnut Hill) and worked in Hatboro, then Horsham (north of that. It was a 10-15) minute commute. 25 minutes by bike.

If I chose to take the train it was 3 blocks away and 30 minutes into center city. Hubster did that when he moved in with me. Glenside station had the R1, R3, and R5 trains so it was never more than a few minutes till the next train.

I refused to move into hubsters house, even though it was a beautifully restored turn of the century home… because he was in Frankford – 40 minute commute for me. Not worth it. It was great for him – he took the El to center city and was there in less than 30 minutes. It was a similar commute for him from my house – and no wage taxes for me… so I won that battle.

Like I said – after my 40 minute commute I swore never again – and have picked homes on that basis ever since.[/quote]

Exactly our perspective as well, UCGal. We refuse to live farther than 20-30 minutes on side streets (less if we use a freeway). Of course, we’re stuck in a rental because of this requirement, but it works for us.

BTW, even when I lived in LA, it was my goal to never have to commute more than 20 minutes, and most of the time, my drive was 10 minutes or less. There was only one job that required me to drive ~30 minutes (up to an hour with heavy traffic), and never want to do that again.

You are 100% right — the most precious thing we all have is time. Not enough people value it as such, IMHO.

[CA renter]

[quote=UCGal][quote=sdrealtor]OK UCGal
You are spoiled. Rememeber those Philly commutes? 10 minutes to the train station. 10 minutes waiting for the train. 30 minutes on the train. 10 minutes to walk to the office. And its 20 degrees and you are walking through slush. Remember that its like to get to work with cold, wet feet? And that is an easy commute.
[/quote]
Nope – I lived in Glenside (north of Chestnut Hill) and worked in Hatboro, then Horsham (north of that. It was a 10-15) minute commute. 25 minutes by bike.

If I chose to take the train it was 3 blocks away and 30 minutes into center city. Hubster did that when he moved in with me. Glenside station had the R1, R3, and R5 trains so it was never more than a few minutes till the next train.

I refused to move into hubsters house, even though it was a beautifully restored turn of the century home… because he was in Frankford – 40 minute commute for me. Not worth it. It was great for him – he took the El to center city and was there in less than 30 minutes. It was a similar commute for him from my house – and no wage taxes for me… so I won that battle.

Like I said – after my 40 minute commute I swore never again – and have picked homes on that basis ever since.[/quote]

Exactly our perspective as well, UCGal. We refuse to live farther than 20-30 minutes on side streets (less if we use a freeway). Of course, we’re stuck in a rental because of this requirement, but it works for us.

BTW, even when I lived in LA, it was my goal to never have to commute more than 20 minutes, and most of the time, my drive was 10 minutes or less. There was only one job that required me to drive ~30 minutes (up to an hour with heavy traffic), and never want to do that again.

You are 100% right — the most precious thing we all have is time. Not enough people value it as such, IMHO.

[CA renter]

[quote=UCGal][quote=sdrealtor]OK UCGal
You are spoiled. Rememeber those Philly commutes? 10 minutes to the train station. 10 minutes waiting for the train. 30 minutes on the train. 10 minutes to walk to the office. And its 20 degrees and you are walking through slush. Remember that its like to get to work with cold, wet feet? And that is an easy commute.
[/quote]
Nope – I lived in Glenside (north of Chestnut Hill) and worked in Hatboro, then Horsham (north of that. It was a 10-15) minute commute. 25 minutes by bike.

If I chose to take the train it was 3 blocks away and 30 minutes into center city. Hubster did that when he moved in with me. Glenside station had the R1, R3, and R5 trains so it was never more than a few minutes till the next train.

I refused to move into hubsters house, even though it was a beautifully restored turn of the century home… because he was in Frankford – 40 minute commute for me. Not worth it. It was great for him – he took the El to center city and was there in less than 30 minutes. It was a similar commute for him from my house – and no wage taxes for me… so I won that battle.

Like I said – after my 40 minute commute I swore never again – and have picked homes on that basis ever since.[/quote]

Exactly our perspective as well, UCGal. We refuse to live farther than 20-30 minutes on side streets (less if we use a freeway). Of course, we’re stuck in a rental because of this requirement, but it works for us.

BTW, even when I lived in LA, it was my goal to never have to commute more than 20 minutes, and most of the time, my drive was 10 minutes or less. There was only one job that required me to drive ~30 minutes (up to an hour with heavy traffic), and never want to do that again.

You are 100% right — the most precious thing we all have is time. Not enough people value it as such, IMHO.

[CA renter]

[quote=UCGal][quote=sdrealtor]OK UCGal
You are spoiled. Rememeber those Philly commutes? 10 minutes to the train station. 10 minutes waiting for the train. 30 minutes on the train. 10 minutes to walk to the office. And its 20 degrees and you are walking through slush. Remember that its like to get to work with cold, wet feet? And that is an easy commute.
[/quote]
Nope – I lived in Glenside (north of Chestnut Hill) and worked in Hatboro, then Horsham (north of that. It was a 10-15) minute commute. 25 minutes by bike.

If I chose to take the train it was 3 blocks away and 30 minutes into center city. Hubster did that when he moved in with me. Glenside station had the R1, R3, and R5 trains so it was never more than a few minutes till the next train.

I refused to move into hubsters house, even though it was a beautifully restored turn of the century home… because he was in Frankford – 40 minute commute for me. Not worth it. It was great for him – he took the El to center city and was there in less than 30 minutes. It was a similar commute for him from my house – and no wage taxes for me… so I won that battle.

Like I said – after my 40 minute commute I swore never again – and have picked homes on that basis ever since.[/quote]

Exactly our perspective as well, UCGal. We refuse to live farther than 20-30 minutes on side streets (less if we use a freeway). Of course, we’re stuck in a rental because of this requirement, but it works for us.

BTW, even when I lived in LA, it was my goal to never have to commute more than 20 minutes, and most of the time, my drive was 10 minutes or less. There was only one job that required me to drive ~30 minutes (up to an hour with heavy traffic), and never want to do that again.

You are 100% right — the most precious thing we all have is time. Not enough people value it as such, IMHO.

[CA renter]

[quote=UCGal][quote=sdrealtor]OK UCGal
You are spoiled. Rememeber those Philly commutes? 10 minutes to the train station. 10 minutes waiting for the train. 30 minutes on the train. 10 minutes to walk to the office. And its 20 degrees and you are walking through slush. Remember that its like to get to work with cold, wet feet? And that is an easy commute.
[/quote]
Nope – I lived in Glenside (north of Chestnut Hill) and worked in Hatboro, then Horsham (north of that. It was a 10-15) minute commute. 25 minutes by bike.

If I chose to take the train it was 3 blocks away and 30 minutes into center city. Hubster did that when he moved in with me. Glenside station had the R1, R3, and R5 trains so it was never more than a few minutes till the next train.

I refused to move into hubsters house, even though it was a beautifully restored turn of the century home… because he was in Frankford – 40 minute commute for me. Not worth it. It was great for him – he took the El to center city and was there in less than 30 minutes. It was a similar commute for him from my house – and no wage taxes for me… so I won that battle.

Like I said – after my 40 minute commute I swore never again – and have picked homes on that basis ever since.[/quote]

Exactly our perspective as well, UCGal. We refuse to live farther than 20-30 minutes on side streets (less if we use a freeway). Of course, we’re stuck in a rental because of this requirement, but it works for us.

BTW, even when I lived in LA, it was my goal to never have to commute more than 20 minutes, and most of the time, my drive was 10 minutes or less. There was only one job that required me to drive ~30 minutes (up to an hour with heavy traffic), and never want to do that again.

You are 100% right — the most precious thing we all have is time. Not enough people value it as such, IMHO.

[yellowS2K]

[quote=Rhett][quote=yellowS2K]Still not sure if UC is an option given traffic on Genesee and Governor – but hope to test that out soon. Also, wife seems to be leaning heavily towards the area around Sage and Ocean Air anyway. But we’ll see![/quote]

A flexible commute can pretty much negate the Genesee/Governor issue, as can some route creativity (coming in from the south via 52, for example).[/quote]

Getting onto the 52 from the 5 south is backed up every day for the evening rush (wife drives by that now and has seen it daily for a few months). But it would be an alternate route.

Last night test drove from work parking lot to Standley Middle school (right by one of the listings in UC that bearishgurl suggested) using local streets (La Jolla Village to Nobel to Genesee) up through the Genesee/Governor intersection. Took 11 minutes going through 14 lights (many of which I got lucky on and hit green). Left at 4:35pm – about when she’d typically be leaving, however UCSD is not in session and the VA hospital traffic wasn’t present (let people leave early for the holiday I guess? other times we’ve seen quite a steady stream heading out of their parking lot at that time). There was no traffic out of the high school either (although presumably by 4:45-5pm on normal days this wouldn’t have much effect?). Anyway, this is a best-case scenario for sure. The reverse trip took closer to 15 minutes (hit more lights, and have to turn left from Governor to Genesee and left from Genesee to Nobel whereas those are right-hand turns come home).

[yellowS2K]

[quote=Rhett][quote=yellowS2K]Still not sure if UC is an option given traffic on Genesee and Governor – but hope to test that out soon. Also, wife seems to be leaning heavily towards the area around Sage and Ocean Air anyway. But we’ll see![/quote]

A flexible commute can pretty much negate the Genesee/Governor issue, as can some route creativity (coming in from the south via 52, for example).[/quote]

Getting onto the 52 from the 5 south is backed up every day for the evening rush (wife drives by that now and has seen it daily for a few months). But it would be an alternate route.

Last night test drove from work parking lot to Standley Middle school (right by one of the listings in UC that bearishgurl suggested) using local streets (La Jolla Village to Nobel to Genesee) up through the Genesee/Governor intersection. Took 11 minutes going through 14 lights (many of which I got lucky on and hit green). Left at 4:35pm – about when she’d typically be leaving, however UCSD is not in session and the VA hospital traffic wasn’t present (let people leave early for the holiday I guess? other times we’ve seen quite a steady stream heading out of their parking lot at that time). There was no traffic out of the high school either (although presumably by 4:45-5pm on normal days this wouldn’t have much effect?). Anyway, this is a best-case scenario for sure. The reverse trip took closer to 15 minutes (hit more lights, and have to turn left from Governor to Genesee and left from Genesee to Nobel whereas those are right-hand turns come home).

[yellowS2K]

[quote=Rhett][quote=yellowS2K]Still not sure if UC is an option given traffic on Genesee and Governor – but hope to test that out soon. Also, wife seems to be leaning heavily towards the area around Sage and Ocean Air anyway. But we’ll see![/quote]

A flexible commute can pretty much negate the Genesee/Governor issue, as can some route creativity (coming in from the south via 52, for example).[/quote]

Getting onto the 52 from the 5 south is backed up every day for the evening rush (wife drives by that now and has seen it daily for a few months). But it would be an alternate route.

Last night test drove from work parking lot to Standley Middle school (right by one of the listings in UC that bearishgurl suggested) using local streets (La Jolla Village to Nobel to Genesee) up through the Genesee/Governor intersection. Took 11 minutes going through 14 lights (many of which I got lucky on and hit green). Left at 4:35pm – about when she’d typically be leaving, however UCSD is not in session and the VA hospital traffic wasn’t present (let people leave early for the holiday I guess? other times we’ve seen quite a steady stream heading out of their parking lot at that time). There was no traffic out of the high school either (although presumably by 4:45-5pm on normal days this wouldn’t have much effect?). Anyway, this is a best-case scenario for sure. The reverse trip took closer to 15 minutes (hit more lights, and have to turn left from Governor to Genesee and left from Genesee to Nobel whereas those are right-hand turns come home).

[yellowS2K]

[quote=Rhett][quote=yellowS2K]Still not sure if UC is an option given traffic on Genesee and Governor – but hope to test that out soon. Also, wife seems to be leaning heavily towards the area around Sage and Ocean Air anyway. But we’ll see![/quote]

A flexible commute can pretty much negate the Genesee/Governor issue, as can some route creativity (coming in from the south via 52, for example).[/quote]

Getting onto the 52 from the 5 south is backed up every day for the evening rush (wife drives by that now and has seen it daily for a few months). But it would be an alternate route.

Last night test drove from work parking lot to Standley Middle school (right by one of the listings in UC that bearishgurl suggested) using local streets (La Jolla Village to Nobel to Genesee) up through the Genesee/Governor intersection. Took 11 minutes going through 14 lights (many of which I got lucky on and hit green). Left at 4:35pm – about when she’d typically be leaving, however UCSD is not in session and the VA hospital traffic wasn’t present (let people leave early for the holiday I guess? other times we’ve seen quite a steady stream heading out of their parking lot at that time). There was no traffic out of the high school either (although presumably by 4:45-5pm on normal days this wouldn’t have much effect?). Anyway, this is a best-case scenario for sure. The reverse trip took closer to 15 minutes (hit more lights, and have to turn left from Governor to Genesee and left from Genesee to Nobel whereas those are right-hand turns come home).

[yellowS2K]

[quote=Rhett][quote=yellowS2K]Still not sure if UC is an option given traffic on Genesee and Governor – but hope to test that out soon. Also, wife seems to be leaning heavily towards the area around Sage and Ocean Air anyway. But we’ll see![/quote]

A flexible commute can pretty much negate the Genesee/Governor issue, as can some route creativity (coming in from the south via 52, for example).[/quote]

Getting onto the 52 from the 5 south is backed up every day for the evening rush (wife drives by that now and has seen it daily for a few months). But it would be an alternate route.

Last night test drove from work parking lot to Standley Middle school (right by one of the listings in UC that bearishgurl suggested) using local streets (La Jolla Village to Nobel to Genesee) up through the Genesee/Governor intersection. Took 11 minutes going through 14 lights (many of which I got lucky on and hit green). Left at 4:35pm – about when she’d typically be leaving, however UCSD is not in session and the VA hospital traffic wasn’t present (let people leave early for the holiday I guess? other times we’ve seen quite a steady stream heading out of their parking lot at that time). There was no traffic out of the high school either (although presumably by 4:45-5pm on normal days this wouldn’t have much effect?). Anyway, this is a best-case scenario for sure. The reverse trip took closer to 15 minutes (hit more lights, and have to turn left from Governor to Genesee and left from Genesee to Nobel whereas those are right-hand turns come home).

[zk]

yellowS2K

I talked to the wife this morning about the school issue. Apparently some kids have been sent to other schools (Del Mar Hills, Sycamore Ridge), but not (that we’re aware of) since Ocean Air opened. Right now, they seem to be letting some kids from the Ocean Air district go to Sage Canyon. So it would seem that if you live in the Sage Canyon district (which Bridle Ridge is in), then there would be room for your kids at Sage, and that some Ocean Air kids might be displaced in their favor. However, if you don’t sign up for the following school year by February, then they may (or may not) displace your kid in favor of someone not in the district, but who applied in February. They’re somewhat vague about how they decide these things. They also like to under-promise (or maybe I should say they’re extremely careful not to over-promise). It’s different every year, but friends of ours who just moved to Sage Canyon this year got both their kids (K and 4th) into Sage Canyon. And all the kids on our street (which is new) got into Sage.

Good Luck and let me know if you have any questions.

[zk]

yellowS2K

I talked to the wife this morning about the school issue. Apparently some kids have been sent to other schools (Del Mar Hills, Sycamore Ridge), but not (that we’re aware of) since Ocean Air opened. Right now, they seem to be letting some kids from the Ocean Air district go to Sage Canyon. So it would seem that if you live in the Sage Canyon district (which Bridle Ridge is in), then there would be room for your kids at Sage, and that some Ocean Air kids might be displaced in their favor. However, if you don’t sign up for the following school year by February, then they may (or may not) displace your kid in favor of someone not in the district, but who applied in February. They’re somewhat vague about how they decide these things. They also like to under-promise (or maybe I should say they’re extremely careful not to over-promise). It’s different every year, but friends of ours who just moved to Sage Canyon this year got both their kids (K and 4th) into Sage Canyon. And all the kids on our street (which is new) got into Sage.

Good Luck and let me know if you have any questions.

[zk]

yellowS2K

I talked to the wife this morning about the school issue. Apparently some kids have been sent to other schools (Del Mar Hills, Sycamore Ridge), but not (that we’re aware of) since Ocean Air opened. Right now, they seem to be letting some kids from the Ocean Air district go to Sage Canyon. So it would seem that if you live in the Sage Canyon district (which Bridle Ridge is in), then there would be room for your kids at Sage, and that some Ocean Air kids might be displaced in their favor. However, if you don’t sign up for the following school year by February, then they may (or may not) displace your kid in favor of someone not in the district, but who applied in February. They’re somewhat vague about how they decide these things. They also like to under-promise (or maybe I should say they’re extremely careful not to over-promise). It’s different every year, but friends of ours who just moved to Sage Canyon this year got both their kids (K and 4th) into Sage Canyon. And all the kids on our street (which is new) got into Sage.

Good Luck and let me know if you have any questions.

[zk]

yellowS2K

I talked to the wife this morning about the school issue. Apparently some kids have been sent to other schools (Del Mar Hills, Sycamore Ridge), but not (that we’re aware of) since Ocean Air opened. Right now, they seem to be letting some kids from the Ocean Air district go to Sage Canyon. So it would seem that if you live in the Sage Canyon district (which Bridle Ridge is in), then there would be room for your kids at Sage, and that some Ocean Air kids might be displaced in their favor. However, if you don’t sign up for the following school year by February, then they may (or may not) displace your kid in favor of someone not in the district, but who applied in February. They’re somewhat vague about how they decide these things. They also like to under-promise (or maybe I should say they’re extremely careful not to over-promise). It’s different every year, but friends of ours who just moved to Sage Canyon this year got both their kids (K and 4th) into Sage Canyon. And all the kids on our street (which is new) got into Sage.

Good Luck and let me know if you have any questions.

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